Dongji Rescue (2025)
- Original title
- 东极岛
- Directed by
- Guan Hu, Fei Zhenxiang
- Country
- People's Republic of China
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Rated
- 12
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During World War II Chinese fishermen risk their own lives to rescue more than 300 British prisoners of war after a Japanese transport ship sinks off the coast of Zhoushan in 1942. The film follows their dangerous mission to save the survivors.
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What happens
Dongji Rescue (Chinese: 东极岛) is a 2025 Chinese historical war action film directed by Guan Hu and Fei Zhenxiang, and starring Zhu Yilong, Leo Wu and Ni Ni. Based on the real-life Lisbon Maru incident during World War II, the film tells the story of Chinese fishermen who risked their lives to save over 300 British prisoners of war after a Japanese transport ship sank off the coast of Zhoushan, east China's Zhejiang province, in 1942. The film was released in China on August 8, 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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